no sign of stepping down, even denying today that the rebellion is real in comments to the bbc and abc. >> they love me, all my people, they love me all. they will die to protect me, my people. >> reporter: that prompted a sharp response from the u.s. >> it sounds just frankly delusional. it only underscores how unfit he is to lead and how disconnected he is from reality. >> reporter: the u.s. is repositioning naval and air forces in case the president orders military action. a destroyer is making its way northward through the suez canal into the mediterranean today. both the u.s. aircraft carrier "enterprise" and helicopter carrier "kearsarge" are standing by in the red sea. nato could fly out of air bases in italy or from ships. but military experts warn a no-fly zone wouldn't stop gadhafi from killing civilians. >> it would not significantly change the situation in tripoli with gadhafi's revolutionary brigade's crushing dissent. and it would then entail enormous expenditures of resources and military energy for little outcome. >> reporter: the world is also uniting to squeeze gadhaf